'Comfort Women' Deal Is a Win-Win But Japan and Korea Must Do More

Date Posted: Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Category: Sexual Harassment/Assault/Trauma - International

Euphemism, bad history, and decades of missed opportunities have distorted Japan's wartime sexual abuse history. In April 2015, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo, in a joint U.S. Congressional session, acknowledged that "armed conflicts have always made women suffer the most." A former "Comfort Woman" Yong Soo Lee, attended as Rep. Mike Honda's (D-Calif.) guest. But as article author and former Congresswoman Jane Harman has written about, "our own country has a sordid history of sexual assault in its ranks." She notes that all countries have much more to do to "counter false histories." She quotes Representative Ed Royce (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and a leader on this issue: "It's much harder to get tomorrow right if we get yesterday wrong."

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